November 2022

Nov302022 by DmediaNo Comments

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Remains Near 15-Year High

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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after setting a 15-year high, according to closely watched numbers published Wednesday. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research. The agency's Prodes monitoring system shows the rainforest lost an area…

Nov302022 by DmediaNo Comments

African Women and Girls Most at Risk of HIV  

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In South Africa, which has the world’s largest HIV-positive population, authorities say girls and young women are now the most at-risk demographic with many having resorted to transactional sex to pay the bills during COVID pandemic lockdowns.  Ahead of World Aids Day on Dec. 1, VOA…

Nov302022 by DmediaNo Comments

Malawi Launches Africa’s First Children’s Malaria Vaccine

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Malawi and the World Health Organization are rolling out a new malaria vaccine for young children that backers say will reduce deaths from the mosquito-borne disease. The RTSS vaccine was pilot tested on more than one million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi and recommended…

Nov302022 by DmediaNo Comments

Chinese Astronauts Reach Tiangong Space Station

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Three Chinese astronauts arrived Wednesday at the country’s space station as part of a six-month mission that includes the station’s first in-orbit crew rotation. The astronauts are replacing three others who have been at the Tiangong station since early June. China docked the last of…

Nov292022 by DmediaNo Comments

US Bat Species Devastated by Fungus Now Listed as Endangered

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The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease. "White-nose syndrome is decimating cave-dwelling bat species like the northern long-eared bat at unprecedented…

Nov292022 by DmediaNo Comments

Fentanyl’s Scourge Visible on Streets of Los Angeles

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In a filthy alley behind a Los Angeles doughnut shop, Ryan Smith convulsed in the grips of a fentanyl high — lurching from moments of slumber to bouts of violent shivering on a warm summer day. When Brandice Josey, another homeless addict, bent down and…

Nov292022 by DmediaNo Comments

Twitter Rolls Back COVID Misinformation Policy

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Twitter has rolled back a policy that was aimed at tackling misinformation related to COVID-19 on the social media platform, lending itself to the risk of a potential surge in false claims even as cases rise in China and some parts of the world. The…

Nov292022 by DmediaNo Comments

WHO Renames Monkeypox as Mpox, Citing Racism Concerns

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The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying…

Nov282022 by DmediaNo Comments

Polio is Back in Indonesia, Sparking Vaccination Campaign

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Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up Monday for polio vaccinations in the Sigli town square on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, after four children were found infected with the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated…

Nov282022 by DmediaNo Comments

UN: Great Barrier Reef Should Be on Heritage ‘Danger’ List

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A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, warning that without "ambitious, rapid and sustained" climate action the world's largest coral reef is in peril. The warning came in a report published…

Nov282022 by DmediaNo Comments

China Eases COVID Rules After Protests, Keeps Wider Strategy

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Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe "zero COVID" strategy Monday after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. The government made no comment on the protests or the criticism…

Nov282022 by DmediaNo Comments

Pakistan Launches Polio Drive

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Pakistan authorities said they are launching a five-day polio drive to eradicate the crippling disease from the country. Officials said 100,000 healthcare workers begin working Monday to vaccinate 13.5 million children under the age of five across 36 high risk districts, including Islamabad, the capital.…

Nov282022 by DmediaNo Comments

China Prepares to Send New 3-Person Crew to Space Station

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Final preparations were being made Monday to send a new three-person crew to China's space station as it nears completion amid intensifying competition with the United States. The China Manned Space Agency said the Shenzhou-15 mission will take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center…

Nov282022 by DmediaNo Comments

Bird Flu in Nebraska Prompts Slaughter of Additional 1.8M Chickens

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Just like on other farms where bird flu has been found this year, all the chickens on the Nebraska farm will be killed to limit the spread of the disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 52.3 million birds in 46 states —…

Nov272022 by DmediaNo Comments

Worried About Ebola, Uganda Extends Outbreak Epicenter’s Quarantine

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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicenter of the country's Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding that his government's response to the disease was succeeding. Movement into and out of the Mubende and Kassanda districts in…

Nov272022 by TechmanNo Comments

Electric Vehicles, a Century Old, Gain Speed in Marketplace

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The International Energy Agency says 13% of cars sold worldwide this year will be electric. Mike O’Sullivan reports from Los Angeles that consumer demand for electric vehicles is increasing as the industry overcomes technical hurdles. ...

Nov272022 by DmediaNo Comments

COVID Protests Hit Shanghai as Anger Spreads Across China

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Protests simmered in Shanghai early Sunday, as residents in several Chinese cities, many of them angered by a deadly fire in the country's far west, pushed back against heavy COVID-19 curbs nearly three years into the pandemic. A fire Thursday that killed 10 people in…

Nov262022 by DmediaNo Comments

COVID Protests in China’s Urumqi Region

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Protesters, angry about long COVID-19 lockdowns, have taken to the streets in Urumqi, the capital of China’s far western Xinjiang region. The protests followed a high-rise apartment building fire in Urumqi on Thursday that killed 10 people and concerns that the lockdown measures may have…

Nov262022 by DmediaNo Comments

China Reports Third Consecutive Daily Record for New COVID Cases

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China reported 35,183 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, of which 3,474 were symptomatic and 31,709 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday, setting a new high for the third consecutive day. That compared with 32,943 new cases a day earlier -- 3,103 symptomatic…

Nov262022 by TechmanNo Comments

US Bans Huawei, ZTE Equipment Sales, Citing National Security Risk

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The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies HWT.UL and ZTE 000063.SZ because they pose "an unacceptable risk" to U.S. national security. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar…

Nov262022 by DmediaNo Comments

NASA’s Orion Capsule Enters Far-Flung Orbit Around Moon

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NASA's Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday, as it neared the halfway mark of its test flight. The capsule and its three test dummies entered lunar orbit more than a week after launching on the $4…

Nov252022 by DmediaNo Comments

London to Expand Vehicle Pollution Zone to Cover 9 Million People

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Older and more heavily polluting vehicles will have to pay to enter the entire metropolitan area of London starting next August, the British capital's mayor said Friday. Sadiq Khan said the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) would be expanded beyond its current confines starting August 29…

Nov252022 by DmediaNo Comments

Global Wildlife Summit Approves Shark Protections

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Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species on Friday approved a plan to protect 54 more shark species, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and cruel shark fin trade. Members of the requiem shark and the hammerhead shark families will…

Nov252022 by TechmanNo Comments

Musk Plans to Relaunch Twitter Premium Service, Again

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Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh move to revamp the service after a previous attempt backfired. It's the latest change to the social media platform…

Nov252022 by DmediaNo Comments

Uganda Closes Schools to Fight Ebola, New Cases Fall

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Uganda closed schools nationwide on Friday to curb the spread of Ebola, despite the health minister insisting to AFP that new cases had declined. The directive to close schools two weeks before the end of term was announced earlier this month following the deaths of…

Nov252022 by DmediaNo Comments

China Reports Another One-Day COVID Case Record, Tightens Curbs

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China on Friday reported another single-day record-high number of COVID-19 infections, as cities across the country enforced measures and curbs to try to control outbreaks. Excluding imported infections, China recorded 32,695 new local COVID-19 cases on Thursday, of which 3,041 were symptomatic and 29,654 were…

Nov252022 by DmediaNo Comments

Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes Out 50.54 Million US Birds, a Record

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Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country's deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to…

Nov242022 by TechmanNo Comments

Twitter, Others Slip on Removing Hate Speech, EU Review Says

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Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to European Union data released Thursday. The EU figures were published as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms' compliance with the 27-nation bloc's…